Northeast Kansas happenings

SUNDAYS ON THE PORCH — “General Frederick Funston: One of William Allen White’s Best Friends” will be presented by Chris Lovett, professor of history at Emporia State University, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, and “Treasures of the White Collection” will be presented by William Allen White Memorial Library archives staff at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb.23, at the visitor center at Red Rocks State Historic Site, 927 Exchange St. in Emporia. Free. Information: (620) 342-2800.

AUCTION AND VENDORS — The Girls Night Out Quarter Auction, featuring more than 30 vendors and a man cave for male attendees, will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the American Legion in Marysville, 310 N. 19th. Auction at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $5; barbecue buffet at 6 p.m. for $10. Information: (785) 562-7878.

FAMILY THEATER — Auburn Community Theater will present “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, and Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 27-March 2, at Auburn Community Center, 121 W. 11th St. in Auburn. Saturday shows have an optional dinner at 6 p.m. Cost: $10. Information and tickets: (785) 256-2848.

HOME AND GARDEN — The 2014 Spring Expo will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22-23, in the Anderson Building at the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Emporia. Information: (620) 342-1600.

DISPLAYS AND SEMINARS — The Manhattan Area Garden Show will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22-23, in Pottorf Hall at CiCo Park in Manhattan. Free. Information: (785) 537-6350.

BLEEDING KANSAS — “Bellicosity Endorsed: The 1855 Lexington Pro-slavery Convention” will be presented by Timothy Westcott, associate professor of history at Park University, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, and “Free State Kansas: The Wyandotte Constitutional Convention” will be presented by Ed Shutt, Wyandotte County historian, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Constitution Hall State Historic Site in Lecompton. Cost: $3. Information: (785) 887-6520.

SISTERS ACT — “Nunsense,” a musical comedy, will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Columbian Theatre, 521 Lincoln Ave. in Wamego. Cost: $20 for adults; $15 for students and children. Information and tickets: (785) 456-2029.

FIRST LADY LECTURES — Richard Norton Smith will present “Prisoners of State,” an examination of U.S. first ladies, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, and “Mary and Her Sisters,” a look at Mary Todd Lincoln, at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive in Lawrence. Free. Information: (785) 864-4900.

THEATER FAVE — “God of Carnage,” a Tony Award-winning comedy, will be staged at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in Nichols Theatre at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Cost: $14-$16 for general public; $12-$14 for senior/military; $9-$11 for students. Information and tickets: (785) 532-6428.

COLD FUNDRAISER — The Freezin’ for Families Polar Plunge will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Country Club Lake in Marysville. Cost: $10 per person; $25 for teams of three. Information: (785) 562-7878.

BURROUGHS TRIBUTE — “William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers,” a documentary in which author-artist William Burroughs talks about American culture, art and morals, will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire in Lawrence. Free. Information: (785) 843-2787.

FILM SCREENING — The documentary film “Slavery by Another Name” will be shown at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive in Lawrence. Free. Information: (785) 864-4900.